Roof-gutter



L. O. SIMS. ROOF GUTTER No Model.)

No. 490,815. w Patented Jan. 31, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS O. SIMS, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

ROOF-GUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,815, dated January31, 1893.

Application filed June 25, 1892- Serial No. 438,029- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. SIMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Roof-Gutter, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in roof gutters, and the object ofmy improvement is to provide a simple, cheap, durable, and easilyattachable gutter, which may be applied to any pitched roof, regardlessof the angle of the slant, and which may be adjusted to produce therequired fall from one end to the other, necessary to cause the water toflow toward the spout, without altering its appearance from the front orarranging it at an angle to the cornice.

Further objects of my invention will appear hereinafter throughout thedescription, in detail, of my invention, and the novelty involvedtherein will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a roof gutterembodying my improvements. v Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same,showing in dotted lines various positions of the rear side or back ofthe gutter.

My improved roof gutter consists, essentially of a hollow moulding, A,formed of sheetmetal, and having a convoluted or ornamented front sideor face, B, and a flat rear side orback, 0, adapted to be arrangedapproximately perpen'dicular to the surface of the roof, as shown at D,to which it is attached. To the lower edge of the front side or face ofthe hollow molding is connected the flange, E, which is adapted to lieflat upon the surface of the roof and regulate the distance which themolding is set back from the edge of the roof, or the cornice, theextremity of said flange being turned down to form a facing lip, F,which covers the edge of the roof and is secured thereto by tacks ornails, G G. To the lower edge of the rear side or back of the molding isconnected the flange, H, which is adapted to lie upon the surface of theroof, above the molding, and be secured thereto by nails, G G, or in anyother suitable or preferred manner.

The entire gutter, including the flanges and facing lip, is struck froma single sheet of metal.

The front side or face of the molding is placed at a uniform distancefrom the edge of the roof or the cornice throughout, and the fall whichis required to carry off the water is secured by the deflection of therear side or back of the molding, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2.

The rear side or back of the molding may be drawn up or pushed down theroof, as indicated, and secured in the desired position by means of theflange secured to said rear side or back. Obviously, the greater thedeflection of the back of the molding from the perpendicular positionshown in full lines in said figure, the shallower will be the gutter andthe higher will be the plane of the bottom of that part having thedeflection.

It will be noted that the appearance of the gutter from the front willnot be altered in any way by the deflection of the back thereof.

The upper flange, H, may be of any desired width in order to make thenecessary flashing to break the joints of the slates, sheathing,shingles, or other roofing material, and prevent the backing of thewater thereinto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is:

As an article of manufacture a roof gutter struck from a single sheet ofmetal and comprising a hollow molding A having a convoluted front side Band a plain rear side or back 0, adapted to be sprung toward or fromeach other for the purpose described, a flange E connected to the loweredge of the front side and provided at its extremity with a facing lipF, and a flange H connected to the lower edge of the rear side andadapted to be secured to the roof to adjust the separation of the frontand rear sides of the molding, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS C. SIMS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. CHANNELL," OHAs. I-I. FoLLETT.

